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Topic 2 lesson
Question | Answer |
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Absorb | To take in or to swallow up. |
electromagnetic wave | A wave that can transfer electric and magnetic energy through the vacuum of space. |
conduction | The transfer of thermal energy from one particle of matter to another. |
convection | The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid. |
greenhouse effect | The trapping of heat near a planet's surface by certain gases in the planet's atmosphere. |
radiation | The transfer of energy by clectomagnetic waves. |
thermal energy | The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object. |